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ADJUSTABLE HARNESS LOOP. No. 545,455. Patented Sept. 17, 1895.

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BY ZCMb/i/W /6G#/ATTURNEY UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn,

STEPHEN R. MONROE, OF BRISTOL, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO EDWARD O. MARSH, OF SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE HARNESS LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 546,455, datedSeptember 1'7, 1895.

Application filed November 6, l 894. Serial No. 528,051. (No model.)

- dison and State of Vermont, have invented certain Improvements inAdjustable'Harn ess- Loops, of which the subjoined description,inconnection with the accompanying drawings, constitutes a specification.

' The subject-matter of this patent consists of a small detachable andadjustable springwire loop which is capable of application in varioussituations around an ordinary har ncss Where the otherwise free andunconfined ends of straps, traces, &c., would flap about or curl up andpresent an unsightly appearance, besides being much in the way. Itsstructure, application, and mode of use are plainly disclosed in thedrawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a face view of two pieces of anordinary harness-as, for instance, a portion of a breast-collar and thefront end of a tug or trace-with this loop applied. Fig. 2 is anedge'view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the under strap or part withthe loose strap removed so as to show the collapsible character of theloop. Fig. 4 is a face view of the adjustable spring-loop detached fromits seat of application. Fig. 5 is a'transverse sectional view of twostraps or parts taken through the middle of the loop.

It is not uncommon with harness inpresent use to find the end of a strapprotruding a considerable distance beyond the loop which is designed toconfine it. This is due sometimes to the strap being taken up to a shortbight and sometimes to improper relative proportion of parts. In eithercase it presents an unsightly appearance for such protruding ends tocurl up or hang loosely flapping about. The device herein described isprovided to take care of such loose ends, and it also constitutes. aprovision for confining one strap to another, as will be pointed outhereinafter.

My invention is made of spring-wire bent in reflecting loops tosubstantially the form shown in Fig. 4. This spring-loop A may have asmany reflections b b b b as may be necessary,

and the terminals of the wire are pointed or sharpened down to a thinedge and bent to an acute angle with the length of the strap to which itis to be applied. These sharpened ends,or tangs, as they may properly becalled, are shown ate 0, and are intended to pierce the edges of thestrap to which they may 5 5 be applied, as shown at c c, Fig. 5. Thepeculiar configuration of the spring-loop permits distention laterally,so as to accommodate itself to various widths of strap, and after itsattachment to a strap, as seen in Fig. 3,th e plane of the loops b b bcan be lifted, so as to pass under them another strap, as in Fig. 2. Thetangs may be inserted at any point in the edge of the strap without anyspecial preparation, their shape being such that they may be 6 readilypressed into the leather, or, if necessary, a hole first pierced with anawl to receive them is all that is necessary.

The special advantages of this detachable spring-loop over leather ornon-elastic metallic 7o loops are that this may be applied to anyposition on the under strap, and, by reason of its distensible springfeatures, it may be applied to straps of various widths without anyspecial adaptation of the loop or previous preparation of the strap towhich it is to be attached.

I therefore claim as my invention the following:

An adjustable and detachable spring loop constructed of a single pieceof suitable spring wire having its body or central portion consisting ofthe wire bentback and forth upon itself so as to form reflections orfoldings, and havingits ends terminating in prongs or tangs which arebent inwardly and transversely of the body reflections, and adapted tobe forced into the edges of the strap to which the loop may be attached,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this 28th day ofSeptember, 1894.

STEPHEN R. MONROE.

In presence of ERSKINE W. SHATTUCK, WILL WHITTEMOEE.

